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go-stop

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 고스톱 (goseutop), from English go + stop.

  1. derived from go
  2. borrowed from 고스톱

Definitions

  1. A popular Korean card game played with hwatu cards, similar to the Japanese game of…

    A popular Korean card game played with hwatu cards, similar to the Japanese game of koi-koi.

    • Spot a group of old people playing cards in a park and chances are they're playing Go-Stop. Originally a card game from Japan, it's now a Korean tradition in its own right.
    • In Korea we used to play Hwatu, which means, literally, “the battle of the flowers”, but there were also other games such as Koi-Koi and Go-Stop.
    • They are used to play a game called Godori, or Go-Stop, the goal of which is to match the cards in your hand with the cards laid out on the table.

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